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Documentary evidence of fat cat teachers living large while suckling on the public teat

By Mark | March 12, 2011

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Posted in Other, Politics | Also tagged cribs, Daily Show, Samantha Bee, scapegoats, teacher pay, teachers and their evil agendas, Wisconsin | 7 Comments

Comparing teachers to the Wall Street dickwads who almost brought our country down

By Mark | March 5, 2011

As someone mentioned yesterday in the comments section, Jon Stewart had a great piece the other night on the hypocrisy of the right wing pundits who, just a month ago were talking about how families making over $250,000 a year were just barely scraping by, and now claim that teachers, who make a fraction of […]

Posted in Media, Politics | Also tagged Chris Christie, class warfare, cost of living, Daily Show, hypocrisy, hypocrisy watch, Jon Stewart, public employee unions, scapegoats, Scott Walker, teachers and their evil agendas, the growing gap between rich and poor, Wall Street, Wisconsin | 4 Comments

National conversation on education reform picks up

By Mark | September 27, 2010

Spurred on by the new documentary, Waiting for Superman, NBC/Universal has decided to take up the subject of K-12 education across all of its various media platforms, in hopes of sparking a national conversation on the subject of reform. The initiative, which they’re calling Education Nation, was kicked off this weekend, and, this morning, on […]

Posted in Education | Also tagged charter schools, Education, Education Nation, education reform, expanding the school year, firing bad teachers, Obama, Race to the Top, Teacher Town Hall, Waiting for Superman | 10 Comments

Ypsi School Closings, part III

By Mark | February 14, 2010

After my last post on this subject, I had a few more questions. Following are the answers from Maria Cotera and Jason Wright, leaders of the newly-formed Ypsilanti Public Schools Alliance. MARK: Have you seen any indication from the teachers that they might be receptive to a pay cut? I’ve yet to confirm this, but […]

Posted in Education, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Ardis Elementary, Chapelle Community School, Chapelle Elementary, charter schools, class size, George Elementary, Jason Wright, launching a charter school, layoffs, Maria Cotera, pay cuts, public education, save Chapelle, schools of choice, student teacher ratios, teacher pay, YPSA, Ypsi Public School District, Ypsilanti Public School Alliance | 36 Comments

Ypsi school closings, part II

By Mark | February 10, 2010

Our conversation last week on the very real possibility that more Ypsilanti public schools may close was so fruitful, that I thought the subject warranted another thread. Here, to get the ball rolling, is a quick update on the situation from my friend Maria Cotera, whose daughter attends Chapelle elementary, one of the schools most […]